Hi All, I tried to debug the issue by runing start.jar in eclipse debuger and found that the root of the issue was that the jetty.home system property was not set. If I set the jetty.home property then the server starts properly.
Thanks, Anand -----Original Message----- From: Nigam, Anand, GBM Sent: 28 July 2011 08:39 To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: RE: Problem starting solr on jetty Thanks for your reply Steve. My environment details: Java version: 1.6.0_24 System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 Interestingly my colleagues who have the same environment are not facing this problem. Thanks & Regards Anand Nigam -----Original Message----- From: Nigam, Anand, GBM Sent: 28 July 2011 08:37 To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: RE: Problem starting solr on jetty Thanks for your reply Steve. My environment details: Java version: 1.6.0_24 System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 Interestingly my colleagues who have the same environment are not facing this problem. Thanks & Regards Anand Nigam -----Original Message----- From: Steven A Rowe [mailto:sar...@syr.edu] Sent: 27 July 2011 20:21 To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: RE: Problem starting solr on jetty Hi Anand, Someone else reported this exact same error with Solr v1.4.0: http://www.lucidimagination.com/search/document/fd5b83f3595a1c6c/can_t_start_solr_by_java_jar_start_jar I downloaded the apache-solr-3.3.0.zip, unpacked it, then ran 'java -jar start.jar' from the cmdline. It worked. (Windows 7; Oracle Java 1.6.0_23). I tried to reproduce the error you're seeing, by making the example\ directory and all its contents read-only (different exception: FileNotFound), and by removing the entire contents of the example\ directory except for start.jar (nothing happens - it just quits without printing anything out). Can you give more details about your environment? Steve -----Original Message----- From: anand.ni...@rbs.com [mailto:anand.ni...@rbs.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:25 AM To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Problem starting solr on jetty Hi, I am new to solr. I have downloaded the solr 3.3.0 distribution and tryign to run it using java -jar start.jar from the apache-solr-3.3.0\example directory (start.jar is present here). But I am getting following error on running this command: C:\downloads\apache-solr-3.3.0\apache-solr-3.3.0\example>java -jar start.jar java.lang.NullPointerException at java.io.File.<init>(File.java:222) at org.mortbay.start.Main.init(Main.java:465) at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:439) at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:119) Could someone help me in resolving this issue. Thanks & Regards Anand Nigam *********************************************************************************** The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. Registered in Scotland No 90312. Registered Office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh EH2 2YB. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. is authorised and regulated by the De Nederlandsche Bank and has its seat at Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and is registered in the Commercial Register under number 33002587. Registered Office: Gustav Mahlerlaan 350, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc are authorised to act as agent for each other in certain jurisdictions. This e-mail message is confidential and for use by the addressee only. If the message is received by anyone other than the addressee, please return the message to the sender by replying to it and then delete the message from your computer. Internet e-mails are not necessarily secure. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland N.V. including its affiliates ("RBS group") does not accept responsibility for changes made to this message after it was sent. For the protection of RBS group and its clients and customers, and in compliance with regulatory requirements, the contents of both incoming and outgoing e-mail communications, which could include proprietary information and Non-Public Personal Information, may be read by authorised persons within RBS group other than the intended recipient(s). Whilst all reasonable care has been taken to avoid the transmission of viruses, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that the onward transmission, opening or use of this message and any attachments will not adversely affect its systems or data. No responsibility is accepted by the RBS group in this regard and the recipient should carry out such virus and other checks as it considers appropriate. Visit our website at www.rbs.com ***********************************************************************************
